2002 VW Golf refurb

[Chicken lights]

Pop over? Aren't you in Ontario???

Well, Michigan now. But my tools are in ON

It was a joke

 

[Doggggboy]

I have had great success with the grease method, ideally the bolt you use should be just smaller than the hole, then a couple wraps of electrical tape. Enough that when you drive it with a hammer the outside wrap or two get scraped off....

I've seen bread work as well. Probably anything squishy but not runny.

 

[jorogi]

squishy but not runny.

Sounds like a girl I went with once.

 

[slow-poke]

New Luk flywheel is only $60. Don't think it's worth the time and effort to try and find a local place that would resurface it.
New Luk pressure plate and friction disk is $220.
There was a tiny bit of movement but not enough to actually roll the car.
Friction disk is 8.5" diameter

I'm out of touch as to how inexpensive a stock commodity type flywheel is. Good V8 SFI flywheel is not so cheap. Wow 8.5" amazing it can hold anything that's tiny.

I think it's somewhat common for the car manufacturers to use parts that are just (barely) adequate for the job nowadays. At one point way back I installed a 5spd transmission from one of those newer 5.0L Mustangs in my 65, at that time I think those 5.0s were only producing IIRC 225HP, and my 289;was making about 350HP, I figured a brand new stock 5.0L clutch would be okay for street use. Nope not at all, 3rd-5th if I stood on the accelerator I could just over power the clutch when fully engaged, That stock clutch was completely useless. Reinstalled my old tired and abused stock 289 HIPo clutch and it would easily hold, it would dead hook even with 7k launches on slicks without slipping. The factory rated HP back in 65 was 271HP.

 

[David]

@slow-poke I could be wrong on the diameter. Might be 10" and a bit inches.
Only has to harness 120hp
I'm also stunned at how cheap parts are. I'm anticipating having to get a new steering knuckle. Rockauto has them for $40 CDN. New axle is $80. I'll be putting two new axles in for that kind of money.

 

[jcdammeyer]

@slow-poke I could be wrong on the diameter. Might be 10" and a bit inches.
Only has to harness 120hp
I'm also stunned at how cheap parts are. I'm anticipating having to get a new steering knuckle. Rockauto has them for $40 CDN. New axle is $80. I'll be putting two new axles in for that kind of money.

You're having way too much fun with this... How's CNC with the mill going?

 

[David]

You're having way too much fun with this... How's CNC with the mill going?

What is this CNC mill thing you speak of?

 

[historicalarms]

Interesting David. I'll. Be curious to know how that works. I have similar pullers in 2 and 3 jaw. I find that even if I oil the center screw, they often load up so badly that you just know that one more turn, will send the whole outfit to the scrap pile. Tightening the screw and then using hydraulics might be just the ticket. Please keep us posted.

Another tip from the peanut gallery....One of the old mans hired operators was using a set of pullers just as you describe and it all expoded into a bunch of moving parts at shrapnel speed hitting his hand and braking a bone.
We started using a big muffler/hose clamp snugged up around the arms of the pullers that would dampen the movement speed when slippage occured.

 

[David]

Another tip from the peanut gallery....One of the old mans hired operators was using a set of pullers just as you describe and it all expoded into a bunch of moving parts at shrapnel speed hitting his hand and braking a bone.
We started using a big muffler/hose clamp snugged up around the arms of the pullers that would dampen the movement speed when slippage occured.

That's a great idea. Definitely going to do that. Might even throw a couple of rags over top for good measure.

 

[Mike R]

I'm also stunned at how cheap parts are. I'm anticipating having to get a new steering knuckle. Rockauto has them for $40 CDN. New axle is $80. I'll be putting two new axles in for that kind of money.

I'm in the same place - my Miata turns out to be cheaper to fix and maintain than either of my other vehicles, and its easier to work on to boot. Not to mention I can legitimately claim it gets better fuel economy than the truck so its paying for itself.

I wish Rock Auto wasn't US based, I'd definitely get more from them, but I've also been noticing that you have to be careful, sometimes buying a $100 caliper you'll say want to buy some other associated part (slider pin and gaskets) and its only $3 or whatever, but then its multiple shippers and the $3 turns into $30 after the added shipping.

 

[Chicken lights]

I dunno about rock auto, we ordered a water pump for a 1970 454. Started pushing coolant out the radiator. After much arguing tore it down to a short block again. Couldn't find anything that would cause the coolant to leave the rad. Changed the brand new water pump with a used one, fixed the problem. I figured it was a newer reverse rotation water pump, and once it was fixed, was asked why we didn't try running it with no belt on. Well sure nows when you think of that?

 

[David]

So far I've had excellent experience with rockauto. knock on wood?